redCORE is a RAD Layered abstraction layer that focuses on development of complex extensions. With a built-in toolset featuring the most powerful and fastest extension, data multi-language system, and its newest HAL / WSDL / oAuth drivers, redCORE is becoming a Swiss Army knife for developing powerful and demanding Joomla extensions. Save time for the developer, so the focus becomes adding value on the business logic and not in reinventing the wheel.

1. redCORE
an abstracted development layer
for Joomla!

2. Tito Alvarez
• 14 years experience in PHP
• 8 years experience in Joomla!
• Backender / Frontender / Commercial templates / System
Integrator / SysAdmin / Cleaning and stuff when needed
• Worked in banking, software pre-sales, Main Developer at
Joomlashack
• Currently Senior Developer at redCOMPONENT

3. Agenda
• What is redCORE?
• Features:
basic and extended
• Demo
• Roadmap
• Collaboration
• Q&A

4. What is redCORE?
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• Abstracted development
layer: not a final extension
by itself
• Provide backward
compatibility
• Avoid repetitive tasks like
custom inputs or layouts
• Framework for powerful,
enterprise-size applications

5. Yet another framework?
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• Stop reinventing the
wheel
• No convention over
configuration
• No need to rework for
various Joomla! versions
• It extends Joomla!
classes

6. Native features
• Works in multiple Joomla! versions
• Layouts
• Improved form fields
• Smart and integrated installer
• Frontend libraries

7. Multiple Joomla! versions
• Extends Joomla!
classes
• Specific methods
for each Joomla!
version

8. Layouts
• JLayout: repeat portions of views between code
• Only available for Joomla! 3.1+
• redCORE makes it available for 2.5+

9. Layouts example
Joomla! way: JLayout
redCORE: RLayout
myextension/layouts/helloworld.php

10. Improved fields
• Country list
• Currency list
• Date picker
• etc

11. Installer
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One package to install them all:
• Component
• Libraries
• Media
• Modules
• Plugins
• Templates
• Translations

12. Package validation
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• PHP version
• MySQL version
• PHP packages (GD,
SimpleXML)
• Extra validations

13. installing complementary extensions
in the extension XML manifest file

14. adding validations
in the extension XML manifest file

15. running the installer

16. Frontend Libraries
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• Bootstrap
• Checkbox
• Timepicker
• Flexslider
• Font-awesome
• jQuery
• jQuery-UI
• Select2

17. including frontend libraries
in your code

18. decide which will be included
in the frontend of your site

19. Extended features
• Translation for extensions content
• Built-in web services
• OAuth2

20. Translations for extension content
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• Content elements like:
• E-commerce products
• Content articles
• etc
• Easy setup
• Optimized for large
databases
• Joomla! safe and compatible
method

21. Benefits of redCORE for translation
• Does not duplicate content
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• Extends single tables with
separate fields
• Original value change
notification
• Easy setup through
redCORE backend
• Manifest files compatible
with Falang and Joomfish

22. Translation done right and fast
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• It sets up new tables
and Foreign Keys for
the translated tables
• Does not duplicate the
whole table but just
translatable fields
• Option for triggers if not
using InnoDB

23. Built-in web services
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• Server setup
• RESTful interface
• HAL (Hypertext
Application Language)
• JSON or XML formats
• Authentication through
Joomla! or oAuth2

24. Easy set up of web services
• Through XML manifest
file
• Allows versioning of
web services - for
backward compatibility
• Specification of REST
methods and custom
actions

25. Auto-documented
• Documentation is
generated automatically

26. oAuth2 server
• Deploys a
server to
avoid
username/pa
ssword for
API
• Individual
client
creation

27. oAuth2 client creation
• Ability to define grants
and scopes
• Match client to some
Joomla User

28. redCORE demo

29. Roadmap
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• Payment plugins
• redCORE extension
manager
• Improved ACL
• Selenium testing
integration

30. Collaboration
• redCORE is open source
• Github:
https://github.com/redCOMPONENT-COM/
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redCORE
• Documentation:
http://redcomponent-com.github.io/

31. Q&A

32. Thank You